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Chapter 2: Connections & Setup
8 Chapter 2
Connections & Setup
Chapter 2 9
If your monitor/TV has: Use this connection: Cables needed:
• DVI-HDTV input
• RGB input
CONNECTION 1
(see pages 12 and 13)
• Audio (one pair, RCA)
AND
• DVI-HDTV or RGB
• Component video inputs
CONNECTION 2
(see pages 14 and 15)
• Audio (one pair, RCA)
AND
• Component Video
Analog inputs only –
• S-Video input
• Composite video input
CONNECTION 3
(see pages 16 and 17)
• Audio (one pair, RCA)
AND
• S-Video or Composite Video
Choose Your Connection
How you connect your DIRECTV
®
HD Receiver to your TV or monitor depends on the jacks
available on your TV or monitor. Please use the following chart to determine which kind of
connection you should use based on the kind of input jacks your TV or monitor offers. Proceed to
the appropriate page and connect your HD Receiver. For more information about the relationship
between jacks, cables and the quality of the signal you see on your monitor or TV, see the section
on jacks and cables, starting on the next page.
1. The ACCESS CARD slot is behind a ip-down door on the right side of the front
panel of the HD receiver. To open this door, push rmly on the top right part of
the door to unlatch it. Then, gently pull the door out and down. The front panel
door will ip down.
Pages 18 and 19 have instructions for optional connections between the HD Receiver and a VCR
or digital audio receiver. Page 20 has instructions for setting up the RF remote and RF remote
antenna that came with your HD Receiver. Pages 20 and 21 have instructions for setting up the
HD Receiver to control your VCR (if you've connected one to your HD Receiver). Pages 10 and 11
offer a general overview of the jacks on the HD Receiver’s back panel.
Insert the Access Card
In order to view DIRECTV
®
programming, you need to insert the access card into your receiver.
For some receivers, the card may already be inserted when you unpack the box.
Push here to unlatch the door
2. Locate the ACCESS CARD slot.
3. Insert the access card. Make sure the side with the bar code is facing down, and
the arrow is pointing away from you.
4. Close the ip-down door.
The access card should only be removed when replacing the card with a new one
provided by DIRECTV or your program provider.